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Beatles fans will have another chance at John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to A Day in the Life.

The page of lyrics — written in black felt marker and blue ball point pen on both sides of a single sheet of paper — is expected to sell for between $500,000 US and $700,000 US in New York at Sotheby's. The auction house will be placing the artifact on the auction block on June 18, 2010.

Signed by Lennon and including crossed out words, corrections and a few annotations in red ink, the paper once belonged to Mal Evans, the Beatles' road manager.

A Day in the Life," considered one of the Beatles' greatest songs and the final track on the  Grammy Award-winning album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, sparked controversy upon its release in 1967. The BBC banned the song because of its line "I'd love to turn you on" — interpreted as a reference to illegal drug use.on "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."

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